The ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury will make its 5th flyby of Mercury on Sunday Dec 1, 2024 at 14:23 UTC.

Distance from Mercury's surface will be 37,630 km, which is much farther than the 165 km distance during flyby #4 on Sep 4.

Since the last flyby, BepiColombo is in an orbit similar to that of Mercury. After one more flyby on Jan 8, BepiColombo will coast along until Mercury orbit insertion in Nov 2026.

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo
https://bepicolombo.esac.esa.int/itl-viewer/where/
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